Rashid Johnson – Lizworks Anxious Men Military Tag Titanium
Edition of 30 plus 5 AP
2020
Titanium, 1 Ruby
4.4 x 2.4 x 0.3 cm
1.7 x 0.9 x 0.1 in
The Anxious Men jewellery collection by Rashid Johnson x LIZWORKS is a continuation of Johnson’s multi-media project Anxious Men that explores the artist’s personal and shared cultural experiences.
Johnson was raised in Chicago under the Afro-centric values of his parents, and the Anxious Men collection interweaves his childhood memories with references to African American intellectual history and cultural identity. The Anxious Men jewels are intended to act as talismans against the anxiety and torment that Johnson often experiences in the U.S. African-American community, or as he puts it, “The work is about a negotiation with fear, the awareness of its impact and an ability to illustrate those feelings.”
The Anxious Men jewellery series by Rashid Johnson x LIZWORKS is exclusively available at Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
Artist
Rashid Johnson – Lizworks
Born in Chicago in 1977, Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history.
Exhibitions
PAD London Jewellery Loree Rodkin | Michèle Lamy & Loree Rodkin
London
|10 Oct – 16 Oct 2022
